IC 3013
IC 3013
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
287 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 287 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3013 as it looked roughly 287 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 4029Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3069Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3156Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3973Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 3004Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 3175Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3069Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3156Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3973Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 3004Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 3175Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).